Woops, my bad sense of humour - there have been no mountains climbed by any breast cancer sufferer as far as Im aware. Interestingly I have thought a lot about going back to work and that subject, and Im only half way through my treatment. Lots of people go back to work, and I must say, in my experience, they have been self employed, or office workers. I do have a story about my friend who is 3 years down the track since she had all her treatments for BC. She went back to her Govt. Office job where she analysed cases for disability assistant, face-to-face. She wasnt in a typical job, like mine, as a Pharmacy Assistant, that handles "sick" people daily. In her experience, of going back to her job, she told me that she went back a year ago (not straight away), and she said initially she got sick regularly, plus glandular fever, and had to change her job! Mind you she was promoted to a non contact with people role, thank you govt. job! I am stil a long way from going to work yet, some-times I forget why I walked to the other side of the kitchen. By all means go back to work, every-one is different!